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Copyright Protection of Photographs: a Comparative Analysis Between France, Germany and Italy

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photographs are included in Article 2(1) of the Berne Convention as copyrightable artistic works. All Berne Union Member States must thus provide copyright protection to photographic works. Photographic works. . To qualify as a photographic work, a photograph must meet the general “creativity” ( creatività ) threshold.

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WIPIP 2022, Session 6 (TM)

43(B)log

Summary of current treatment: Although courts have often referred to “expressive” or “artisticworks as shorthand for the scope of Rogers, they have applied it to speech that quali?es TM bullying w/ a public domain quilt, claiming rights over “Dear Jane” as quilt/software. What to do next? Why does she believe it’s hers?

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Ochoa’s definitive analysis of the Supreme Court’s Warhol opinion. Addressing Factor 4, it asserted there was little or no market harm, because “time-shifting merely enables a viewer to see … a work which he had been invited to witness in its entirety free of charge.” ( Id. at 588, emphasis added).

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Resolving Conflicts Between Trademark and Free Speech Rights After Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

As noted by Professor Jake Linford , the examples used by the Court when it discusses application of the Rogers test focus on uses in the title or content of artistic works (not on T-shirts). 1125(c)(3)(C) is problematic, other parts of the Jack Daniel’s decision are definitely speech-protective.

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Artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights: the USPTO DABUS decision

Barry Sookman

patent statute including the definition of “inventor” which means “the individual or, if a joint invention, the individuals collectively who invented or discovered the subject matter of the invention”. The court held that the article met the formal requirements of a literary work on the basis of its appearance.